X-Ray Spex

[rickpaz123]

RIP POLY



[rickpaz123]

RIP POLY

[JahSolomon]

REST WELL POLY.....YOU WILL BE MISSED

[weemme]

She died, on 25 April 2011. R.I.P Poly Styrene.

*P*E*A*C*E*

[BillieJoeIsASexGod1]

From what year is this?

[MatthewMcVeagh]

Goddammit don't you just fall in love with Poly on this clip? Braces, cap, arm-swinging and all.

[itsallcool100]

Poly Styrene / wat a girl. This vid is wanked out but if you have something better get up there

[kermankalle]

Poly Styrene and her lyrics are still relevant.

[NymphZoic68]

It's all a flipping rip off..

[NymphZoic68]

hello!

[alphaalf]

Real Music, By Real People for the Non consumer society, Ahhhh! those were the Days eh!

oh btw theres a verse missing on this version....

"I wanna be instamatic

I wanna be a frozen pea

I wannna be dehydrated

In a consumer society"

[seeofsoundfan]

New X-Ray Spex DVD out now. Live @ The Roundhouse London 2008 reunion show.

[tomvear]

You ever buy their album as a consumer????? FUck off mate its all bollocks

[MetalStyl3]

its punk

[NYdrone]

Anyone know what doc. this is from?

[bertniteclub]

O.G.W.T.

[doc998]

@bertniteclub ogwt?

[Suggs74]

@doc998 Old Grey Whistle Test

[UltimateVenom]

@NYdrone  old grey whistle test, not a documentary.

[ChemistryIsFun84]

She looks like a character from the Reading Rainbow

[nextGenVer10]

awesome post!!!!!

[up2space]

very close to pistols and anything that plays on that frequency is punk to me. like the la band, the bags. immediacy & hot weather. that's what it was. the climate change has destroyed that feeling. now there's no feeling at all. that's why all the music now sucks.

[nathanhay]

Nice!

[completecontrol77]

fucking brutal, one of my favorite punk songs =)

[up2space]

undoubtedly one of the primal punk bands. i like that nihilstic summer sound like everything isgonna erupt on the 4th on the July which problaly happened. oh hell, that was a short number now i'm fallin on my typing. cheers.

[62salv]

Yeah it's sad they only did one LP and even though half of it was on 45's it didn't matter it was still great!! I remember reading Jak and Bp's interview when they formed Classix Neuveux (is that the correct spelling?) after the split and they talked about keeping a lot of energy in the music.....sadly they must of had a serious re-think!

[halifaxtown1961]

why did thay only do 1 album..i remember seeing them live in 1978 & got on stage :) got thrown off quicker than i got on..my clam to fame is kissing polly hahahahaha

[candydirt]

I love the cute little dance Polly is doing!

[liiihhh]

parece muito com bikini kill :S

mas á muito foda!

[stevieoi]

shite punk band abasloute awful

[roddy76to86]

Life would have been so much duller without X-Ray Spex !

[newwave1965]

back in 1982 Debbie Harry had i biograph out making tracks

and there was a picture of UK female rockers Siouxsie,Poly

penelope black,viv from the slits,chrissie Hynde, I always

wonder who Poly was I'm greatful for Debbie at least she

could see she was a brite star of the late 70's

[chunk1969]

damn,, england did it again with this fantastic band for us to have forever. poly fuckin is hotter than hell.

[Farquharson64]

the kind is supported by mechanical resources

love her so much

xx

[digedymouse]

I cherish a plastic strawberry earring she gave me all those years ago,

Nice one Poly!!!

[mikebott]

i recently had to convince a youngster that bikini kill were influenced by this band, and not the other way around. this problem occur more and more with kids educated by the internet.

[roddy76to86]

Who the **** are "Bikini Kill"?!

[mikebott]

this band who were into talking about feminism, and drawing on themselves.

[roddy76to86]

I'm none the wiser !

[mikebott]

you can find footage of them here... or if you prefer reading, look 'em up on rateyourmusic.

[Raizing22]

heh

[pressgangers]

i love poly and the punk of 76-77, But god wasnt it so slow and tame.

[roddy76to86]

She was/is unbelievable, that voice could cut metal. And good back up from the rest of the band of course.

[SpirAn1971]

You absolutely can't fucking say fairer than that. This was punk at its best. I just love that woman, braces and all, belting out lyrics about consumer society with that daft cap on. And the sax! So ace.

Polystyrene will last forever! ;)

[roddy76to86]

Er, perhaps I meant a bottle in front of me. I'm afraid this band "passed me by" at the time, I sort of caught up with them later, but there was so many bands on the go at the time it was impossible to keep track. Then I was a massive Siouxsie fan.

Now one is lucky if there is one half decent band every five years.

[roddy76to86]

Anyone as far as I'm concerned who doesn't like this needs a frontal lobotamy.

[airscrew1]

Great voice. I had this from Sounds of the Seventies but binned all my VHS tapes a few years ago. Glad someone had the foresight to keep theirs.

[mardycustard]

that voice is unforgetable-100% exclusive to her,brilliant

[vordman]

Despite Poly doing everything humanely possible to not come across as pretty, I still fancied her!

[tvdrpr]

Probably because she was so awesome... it is really hard not to.

[Nadine91273]

So cute and with something to say.

[sparky5686]

truly original, shes a top cat !!

[adellutri]

Damn, she's a babe- smart as hell too

[arover1882]

What an awesome clip. Poly Styrene is the best female vocalist ever!

[espinaca79]

The band is also exquisite!

[LittleZappey]

@arover1882 no way dina cancer

[jiblet17]

this still rocks, jo oldish punk, not really?

[jiblet17]

this still rocks, i love it jo old punk

[carpenns]

I have a copy of this somewhere, I love the outfit too, the 'valet meets flight attendant' look.

[mhminsane]

Oh my god I love Poly Styrene's jacket! ^_^

[espinaca79]

Yeah! She looks SO in charge!

[mhminsane]

exactly! ;) lol

[Perranporth]

Their best song!

[james2128]

top band great footage many thanx

[prestolovesvarla]

aw mate thanks for this wonderful post!! The first time i heard Art-I-Ficial i thought "Thats the way every rock song should begin!" lol